I love Wait But Why. Well-researched. Well-written. Random topics. Tim Urban writes about whatever catches his fancy and uses his blog as an opportunity to research whatever catches his fancy. In an interview with First Round – Urban talks about how he approaches complex ideas. Urban’s first step is to place the topic in his […]
#52books The Start-Up J Curve
#52 Books – The Start-Up J Curve: The Six Steps to Entrepreneurial Success (Amazon affiliate link) Format: Kindle Since I started Middle Curve, I’ve been struck by how much noise there is in the entrepreneurial space. All the things one “must do to succeed.” It’s overwhelming. Howard Love has created a map. And he is […]
Thoughts on Priorities
I’m writing this in a hotel room outside Cocoa, Florida. Mom and I drove 16+ hours (not all at once, thankfully) so we could be with family and mourn my Aunt Barbara’s passing. This was one of the sudden ones and, for me, it wasn’t until the funeral that I realized that she was gone. […]
My Why
This is the original TED talk for Start with Why. If you have not seen this before, it is worth 20 minutes of your time. Before I left my last job, I watched many highly skilled employees drop out. These are the types of folks that employers say they want – intrinsically motivated, hard-working, […]
#52books The Art of Living
View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2Hp3DdF ————- #52 books – Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness Format: Kindle It’s been awhile since I have studied Ancient Greek philosophy. When I was studying it, as part of my graduate studies in History, we didn’t spend much time on the Stoics. Much of my […]
Weekend Adventures – Mill City Museum Minneapolis
A few hours spent in a museum that smells like baked goods? Yes please. #bisquick #museum #meaningfulflow #thingstodo #thingstodoinminneapolis View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2CYBKqp
Weekend Adventures – New Years 2018
#callyberrydog viewing the Orange and Alexandria railroad trestle during her New Years Day hike. She wasn’t crazy about the 18 degree weather. #firsthike2018 #dogsofinstagram #railroad #meaningfulflow #fairfaxcountyparks View on Instagram http://ift.tt/2lCUcxd
December is Personal Planning Month
I will be launching a new service in January 2018 that will help you create clarity around your goals, certainty about what to do, and help you provide a greater impact on your work environment. In the meantime, I’d like to share a free PDF containing a useful personal prioritization exercise to help you get […]
2018 Will Be Epic!
Those who know me well know I don’t get excited very easily. I’m excited! I will be launching a new service in January 2018 that will help you create clarity around your goals, certainty about what to do, and help you provide a greater impact on your work environment. In the meantime, I’d like to […]
An Argument for Sandboxes
Over the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I encountered a TED talk done by OK Go. In the talk, they explain that they don’t have ideas, they find them. Or, more accurately, they have an idea that might be interesting – then spend a healthy chunk of their budget experimenting to see if the idea is […]
